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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Hercules'' (1868)|comp=21 Nov, 1868{{Conways1860|p. 17}} |cat=Ironclad |fatedate=1932{{Conways1860|p. 17}} |chain=NONE |customFooter=yes |name=Hercules |builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 17}} |launch=10 Feb, 1868{{Conways1860|p. 17}} |laid=1 Feb, 1866{{Conways1860|p. 17}} |nat=UK |type=central battery ironclad |fate=Sold |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> The central battery ironclad '''H.M.S. ''Hercules''''' was completed in 1868 for the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Construction and Service== In mid-1877, ''Hercules'' and {{UK-1Triumph}} required new boilers to replace their worn-out equipment. As none were available at Portsmouth, new ones were ordered by contract.{{NMI|7 May 1877, p. 6}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Hercules''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Sherard Osborn|nick=Sherard Osborn|appt=21 September, 1871{{NLDec71|p. 157}}|end=22 December, 1871|note=resigned}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Montagu Dowell|nick=William M. Dowell|appt=23 December, 1871{{NLJul72|p. 153}}|ass=11 January, 1872|end=5 June, 1874}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Codrington|nick=William Codrington|appt=17 January, 1874{{NLJun75|p. 150}}|end=25 March, 1876}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Nathaniel Bowden-Smith|nick=Nathaniel Bowden-Smith|appt=24 February, 1876{{NLJul76|p. 150}}|end=30 April, 1877}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|nick=John A. Fisher|appt=7 June, 1878|end=22 August, 1878}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Henry Howard|nick=Edward H. Howard|appt=5 July, 1878<ref>Howard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1861.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage|nick=Algernon C. F. Heneage|appt=3 January, 1881{{NLApr83|p. 216}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Gordon Douglas|nick=Robert G. Douglas|appt=1 May, 1881<ref>Email from a great-grandson or daughter to Tone, 20170207.</ref>|end=16 January 1883<ref>Email from a great-grandson or daughter to Tone, 20170207.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Woodfall Brent|nick=Harry W. Brent|appt=21 September, 1885{{NLSep85|p. 215}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claude Edward Buckle|nick=Claude E. Buckle|appt=20 April, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 211}}|end=20 August, 1889}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart.|appt=21 May, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 325}}|end=}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hercules_(1868))}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{Conways1860}} {{refend}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hercules}} {{CatClassIronclad|UK}} {{CatShipIronclad|UK}} <!-- data nat=UK cat=Ironclad type=central battery ironclad customFooter=yes chain=NONE {ship name=Hercules builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 17}} laid=1 2 66{{Conways1860|p. 17}} launch=10 2 68{{Conways1860|p. 17}} comp=21 11 68{{Conways1860|p. 17}} fate=Sold fatedate=1932{{Conways1860|p. 17}} } data -->

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